Crosstown High School

Crosstown High School, a cozy four-year high school in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the schools within Memphis-Shelby County Schools, hosts 520 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 754 students each, so Crosstown High School sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Crosstown High School is one of 211 schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, a district that enrolls 111,979 students overall.

On demographics, Crosstown High School reports that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 31% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Shelby County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household income runs about $63,767, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Shelby County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 154,209 students), Crosstown High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Memphis Academy Of Science Engineering Middle/High, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. As a public charter, Crosstown High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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